Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
Eli Marriott

Eli Marriotts Gravemarker (image courtesy of Charlie, findagrave.com.)
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: February 1916
- Place of enlistment:
- Service no: 211911
- Rank: Air Mechanic 2rd Class
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- Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force
- Unit/Ship: 249 Squadron, Seaplane Station, Stannergate, Dundee
- Place of Death: Dundee
- Age at Death: 21
- Date of Death: 21.09.1918
- Burial Country: England
- Cemetery: Southhampton (Hollybrook) Cemetery
- Grave/Mem Ref no: L.7.190.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth:
- Place of Birth:
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- Mother:
Alice Ann Marriott, 130 Adelaide Rd, St. Denys, Southampton
- Father:
Joseph Charles Marriott, 130 Adelaide Rd, St. Denys, Southampton
- Siblings:
Charles
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More about Eli Marriott
Captain Algernon Holland, 2nd Air Mechanic Francis Edward Wilson, 237878 and 2nd Air Mechanic Eli Marriott, 211911 were all killed and 2nd Lt F.I Atkins injured when their Curtiss H16 “Large America” Serial No N4070 Flying Boat struck a ships mast on the River Tay, crashed and burst into flames. Eli was the Wireless Operator of this aircraft.
For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour.
Eli Marriott was the son of Mr Joseph Charles and Mrs Alice Ann Marriott of 130 Adelaide Road, St Denys, Southampton and the brother of Pte Charles Henry Marriott, 35726, 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, who died 14.09.1918.
He volunteered to join the Royal Naval Air Service in February 1916 and was administered by the accounting base HMS President II. He served at the Royal Naval Air Station at Dunkirk in France before returning to Britain and the Royal Naval Air Station at Cranwell in October 1917. From there he served at RNAS Eastchurch in Kent and was drafted to the Stannergate Seaplane Base in Dundee on 16 March 1918. He was killed when the seaplane he was a crewman of crashed and exploded. The plane, piloted by Flight Lieutenant A Holland RNAS, hit the mast of a ship on Eastern Wharf, Dundee. Holland and Air Mechanic 2nd Class Francis E Wilson were also killed. The Observer, Flight Lieutenant Atkins RNAS, survived the crash. Eli Marriott is buried in the Southampton (Hollybrook) Cemetery Grave Reference L 7 190.
Information supplied by Gary Thomson.
Further information supplied by Iain Stewart and Iain Birnie
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